Luke 14:29 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 14:29

Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

BSB

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ASV

Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

KJV

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 37 (604)

But we must consider what is said: "All who see it begin to mock him," because, according to the voice of Paul, "We have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men." And in everything we do, we ought to consider our hidden adversaries, who always press upon our works, who always rejoice at our failure. Beholding these, the Prophet says: "My God, in you I trust; I shall not be ashamed, nor let my enemies mock me."

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Basil of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (379)

(in Esai. 2.) Or the tower is a lofty watch-tower fitted for the guardianship of the city and the discovery of the enemy's approach. In like manner was our understanding given us to preserve the good, to guard against the evil. For the building up whereof the Lord bids us sit down and count our means if we have sufficient to finish.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We lose the things we have wrought ( 2 John 8 ), and all we have done and suffered is in vain, Gal. iii. (2.) When we undertake to be Christ's disciples we are like a man that goes to war, and therefore must consider the hazard of it, and the difficulties that are to be encountered,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We learn, firstly, from this passage — that true Christians must be ready, if need be, to give up everything for Christ's sake. This is a lesson which is taught in very remarkable language. Our Lord says, "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be My disciple!" This expression must doubtless be interpreted with some qualification . We must never explain any text of Scripture in such a manner as to make it contradict another.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

(1874)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἵνα	ina	Thus	G2443 →
μήποτε	mēpote	otherwise	G3361 →G4218 →
θέντος	thentos	[when] laying	G5087 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of it	G846 →
θεμέλιον	themelion	a foundation	G2310 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἰσχύοντος	ischuontos	being able	G2480 →
ἐκτελέσαι	ektelesai	to finish	G1615 →
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
θεωροῦντες	theōrountes	seeing [it]	G2334 →
ἄρξωνται	arxōntai	may begin	G757 →
αὐτῷ	autō	him	G846 →
ἐμπαίζειν	empaizein	to mock	G1702 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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